I fell far enough to be left with two Health, and landed next to a floor plate.

Beneath the floor plate was a square of nine blocks of TNT - I think that had I landed on the plate not only would I have died in a spectacular fashion, but the temple would have been destroyed.

The gods of irony also paid me a visit - I had started work on a ruined temple, just for the look of it. The temple was on the other side of the hill, less than a mile from where I started to build my folly. (I picture my little place as a tourist trap.... Come see the pristine wilderness of the jungle - with the underbrush cleared away. Visit native ruins! Built out of cinder block and plaster....)

I also found a mine, directly between my home and the temple - I discovered the temple after completely filling my inventory, made a full stack of ladders out of mine timbers, built a column of stone in the center of a huge chamber.... came out of my hole in the ground and went 'ooOOooh! What's that?' At first I thought that it was part of a village, then I got a better view.

The review reads like a spoof too me. Either that, or this person is completely immersed in a Christian viewpoint.

I'm Christian... I'm immersed in Christian viewpoints. I have a massive RPG and cRPG collection... please, please, please don't paint us all with that brush.

This sounds like a complete git pretending to be a Christian to make Christians look like gits.

I'm... not too sure of that.

While I find the review scary in the amount of Christian interpretation it displays, most spoof of Christianity in regards to any form of gaming hits heavily upon the negative aspects.

While it may be a spoof review, it at least dodges being vicious. (Goodness knows, there are enough real Christian reviews of both computer and tabletop gaming that have viciousness to spare. Mr. Chick? I am looking at you!) It is, overall, an amazingly positive review.

The host site (Objective Ministries) looks to be legit, the Zounds offshoot... less so. But it does have portions put aside for using everyday enthusiasms as inspirational foci.

I think that it may be Christians poking fun at themselves, rather than an attack, and showing how it can be used to illustrate Christian interpretation.

Mind, it is also possible that I am completely wrong, but if I am going to see Christians being treated as 'gits' then seeing them treated as happy and tolerant gits is a heck of an improvement over some of the other options out there.

I fell far enough to be left with two Health, and landed next to a floor plate.

Beneath the floor plate was a square of nine blocks of TNT - I think that had I landed on the plate not only would I have died in a spectacular fashion, but the temple would have been destroyed.

The gods of irony also paid me a visit - I had started work on a ruined temple, just for the look of it. The temple was on the other side of the hill, less than a mile from where I started to build my folly. (I picture my little place as a tourist trap.... Come see the pristine wilderness of the jungle - with the underbrush cleared away. Visit native ruins! Built out of cinder block and plaster....)

I also found a mine, directly between my home and the temple - I discovered the temple after completely filling my inventory, made a full stack of ladders out of mine timbers, built a column of stone in the center of a huge chamber.... came out of my hole in the ground and went 'ooOOooh! What's that?' At first I thought that it was part of a village, then I got a better view.

A quick warning - Creepers have gotten boomier! The explosion is bigger, has knockback, and does more dam*BOOOM!*

The Auld Grump has been blown up!

Damn, I have gotten good at jumping away from them and surviving, wonder if that'll still work?

In a full suit of diamond armor I was taken from full health down to two hearts. The good news is that the explosion knocked me away from a second creeper.

Underground, in a crevasse, fortunately my bow also has knockback (and fire).

On the flip side - you now get XP for mining. A tiny amount for Coal, a greater amount for Redstone, more for Diamond and Emerald.

You get XP for smelting sand into glass and ore into metal. And, I think, a tiny amount for fusing stone into smooth stone.

I had a weirdness happen - I went through my Nether Portal to get some much needed Glowstone, but came back into the Overworld from a Portal that I didn't build... about a hundred feet up on top of a Jungle tree.... Got killed on my way down, but respawned close enough that I could reclaim most of my stuff and some of my XP....

The review reads like a spoof too me. Either that, or this person is completely immersed in a Christian viewpoint.

I'm Christian... I'm immersed in Christian viewpoints. I have a massive RPG and cRPG collection... please, please, please don't paint us all with that brush.

This sounds like a complete git pretending to be a Christian to make Christians look like gits.

My apologies, I didn't mean to either paint a whole group with one brush, nor single out Christianity as the problem.

It just appeared to me that this one person could only see one perspective. That's what "immersed...viewpoint" was intended to communicate. Underwater, unable to see above the water. And effectively calling one person a "git" doesn't necessarily mean I think everyone in every group they are a part of is a git.

In retrospect, I could probably have left out "Christian" and just said, "Immersed in a single viewpoint" and communicated the same thing without offense.

Well, I've just about finished my castle, it's based loosely on Castle Ravenloft, with some modifications of course since you can't have rounded parts. I'm seriously thinking of creating a semi-public server for the game, but am still procrastinating on actually doing it. Got to research a lot more about how to do it and make sure I implement it the right way before I do.

Oh and I also have to make sure the server that I use for my website can handle it. Pretty sure it will and that I can do it through my hosting company. Finally, if I do create the server, I'll be copying this game to it so I'll already have the castle in place!

Anyway, I've got some screen captures of it.

This is the area before any modifications that I made for the castle. This was taken in Creative mode so that I could get a higher view prior to actually working on it in Survival mode.

This is taken in the direction of one of the villages that are on either side of the castle.

After completing the basic ground leveling. The wall to the right of the gravel path is built around one of the mining pits I've created to build the castle.

Shot of the mostly completed castle. Still have to do the outside wall and 3 of the towers.

Castle from the front. I've started on the two towers at the front of the wall.

Still need to take some shots of the secret doors I've built. I modified a hidden door method to move two blocks up and down for the door. Need to make a Youtube video of it too, including what I did to make it. Have had lots of fun making it!

Skunk

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Got the latest version last night when I logged on. With the increased xp from mining, went from level 18 to 23. Then for had 4 Creepers spawn before I could get into my bed and while I got 3 of them the next morning, the 4th got to close and blew me up!

I'd swear Creepers spawn more often now!

Skunk

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Aside from the zombified villagers it will be adding witches, skulls, and a three headed critter called a Wither.

Carrots and potatoes being added, as are poisonous potatoes.

Creepers explode if they fall too far. (Bombs away!)

Pigs can be steered while you are riding them, using a fishing rod and a carrot.

I finished the foundry (for now), and am working on the village. A surprising number of villagers have committed suicide by hurling themselves into the molten flow of the foundry, so I added some railings.

Minecraft is the only game that I can think of that, when you find a hidden chamber - floor covered with mossy stone, holding fierce monsters and a treasure chest... it is likely that your main thought will be 'Woo hoo! Mossy stone! '

Minecraft is the only game that I can think of that, when you find a hidden chamber - floor covered with mossy stone, holding fierce monsters and a treasure chest... it is likely that your main thought will be 'Woo hoo! Mossy stone! '

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Handy dandy semi-cheat program listed on this Minecraft forum page. The purpose is to find villages, temples, and strongholds. But the reason that I got it is that it produces much better maps than the game itself.

It does confirm something that I suspected - Netherholds are a lot more common than villages....

I started a new game and found a ravine with an abandoned mineshaft almost immediately. I cleaned it out(Took awhile, they go on forever) and decided to not make a permanent place till I found a village.

So after searching, I found one in the desert, right next to a temple! I mean right next to it. I proceeded to secure my little town with a wall to protect the villagers, and then transferred all of the wood and other loot from the old mineshaft. After getting crops and trees growing and livestock breeding, I entered the temple treasure chamber and got some emeralds and a few diamonds!

Then I used a trick I saw online that uses some sticky pistons and tnt to view under the surface. I not only found another abandoned mineshaft under the village, but there was a STRONGHOLD there as well, bisecting the mineshaft!!!!! All just under the village. This is super sweet! You can see the Ender portal and a large library pretty well in this screenshot.

The world seed is: -867520034582049589and the village/temple is at: x= 661.52 z= 92.71

There is also a second desert temple at x= 597.72 z= -896.86

and a second village at:x= 1235.47 z= -861.48All of these places are within a half to a full days walk from each other. Most are a half day walk, so pretty close together. Have fun! I'm going exploring to see if I can secure the stronghold for future use!

In a hole there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort...

I just retried it and it actually took a little bit for it to spawn. Weird. Hopefully it'll start up for you, because this is awesome!

I also love the villagers. I noticed that the more you trade with a certain guy, the more stuff he has to offer. I have one guy that offers a chest piece enchantment, some emeralds for books and an eye of ender for 3 or 4 emeralds! So trade with each guy multiple time to see what it unlocks.

Also, I cant wait for the hopper. That will make egg farming so much easier. Just place it over a chest and what ever drops in it goes into the chest! It should be ready with the Redstone update, but not sure when that is.

In a hole there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort...

I'll have to try again after I upgrade my version, I'm still on a previous version because the mod I play, Millenaire isn't compatible with the latest one, and it also could be Millenaire. I'll have to play swap the jar and see if that is the issue.

Skunk

For we who grew up tall and proudIn the shadow of the mushroom cloudQueen

Check out what games I’m working on and their status by visiting here.

Tried it one last time without upgrading and it managed to finally, after about 5 or 10 minutes, to render the world. That's the LONGEST it's ever taken, most usually render in about 2 minutes at most.

Millenaire managed to generate a Mayan village right beside the Minecraft village, so I've got two villages almost on top of each other!

Skunk

For we who grew up tall and proudIn the shadow of the mushroom cloudQueen

Check out what games I’m working on and their status by visiting here.

Glad it finally worked out! I havent used Millenaire but it rendering different types of villages sounds way cool. Did some more exploring today. The abandoned mineshat goes on forever it seems. I'm currently way down on level 10. Found some diamonds!!

In a hole there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort...

I started playing this on my iPad back in December. After spending 6 hours building an ice castle (creative mode), I couldn't figure out how to save.

Reading this thread makes me want to check it out more. My first experience playing in survival mode had me dead the first evening when the zombies came out. I really don't know what I am doing...don't know how to make things like torches, and don't know how to fight monsters.

I started playing this on my iPad back in December. After spending 6 hours building an ice castle (creative mode), I couldn't figure out how to save.

Reading this thread makes me want to check it out more. My first experience playing in survival mode had me dead the first evening when the zombies came out. I really don't know what I am doing...don't know how to make things like torches, and don't know how to fight monsters.

<--N00b!

I just picked up the Pocket Edition for my iPad last month, it saves automatically. Exit at anytime and when you launch it again everything should be there still. I picked it up for PC recently too, but I have far less time in front of my laptop so haven't done much other than DL it.

I started in survival, and it's a little rough at first. The wiki has some beginners guides (while it's for the PC most of it transfers over to PE) which is invaluable. The only real downfall to death at first is that you have to find where you were. My advice is to either stick near the set spawn point, or build a TALL dirt tower where you intend to build so you can find the area again. Once you build a bed and sleep in it, it resets your spawn point to the bed.

Top priorities are gather some wood for two reasons, torches and wooden tools. A basic dirt building will allow you to survive the (you can do it in a 2 high 3x3, but i'd leave some space so you can tunnel down. Once you have a wooden pickaxe you can collect stone and will have more than enough to collect all that you will need for tools and building. That's really the start, then just build from there.

Sweet! Yeah the regular version on the Ipad saves, but the free (demo) doesnt. My friend found that out the hard way after playing for a few hours, and coming back later only to find that the house she was building was gone.

I'll second the wiki and add you tube videos. Just search for "minecraft 1st day" and it should pull up some good ones.

Basically, get some wood, (punching a tree) craft a work table and build a pick. Then find some coal. You will need this to make torches to light up areas at night. You don't want to be in a small house with no light and have a creeper or zombie spawn next to you!

Have fun!!

In a hole there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort...

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